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08-17-2014, 09:13 PM
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Refurbed an old friend
15-20 years ago I built a knife from parts, it has a 8" Solingen 440c stainless full tang blade and Sambar stag grip and was my main hunting/camp knife for a very long time. It's a was great chopper and slicer, but because it had been used so much it got to the point were it needed to have the blade completely re-profiled so it would take an edge. I was just too lazy to do the work needed so it has been sitting in the safe for the last few years.
As of late I have been rehabbing and re-profiling a bunch of axes and hatchets so I finally got up the gumption to take my files to my trusty old Bowie and cut the flats down to the edge. While I was at it I knocked off the clip point and re-cut the false edge. After 2 hours with some files and an emery board the flats met at the edge, then a quick buff and a couple of strokes on and Arkansas hard she's back to razor sharp and ready to serve for a few more years. I gave her a test run and she hacked trough a 1x2 in 3 strokes and was cleanly slicing through 1/2 +- branches in a single stroke.
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08-17-2014, 09:14 PM
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That's a good lookin' sticker.
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08-17-2014, 09:29 PM
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What Crocodile Dundee said.
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08-18-2014, 02:57 AM
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What Crocodile Dundee said.
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08-18-2014, 03:12 PM
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08-18-2014, 04:40 PM
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C'mon guy's, it's not that big. It only has an 8" blade, the same overall size as a USMC KaBar. Dundee's Bowie was a good 4 inches longer.
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08-18-2014, 06:09 PM
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Nice knife! And you know how to handle a file!
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